Tag: DC
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Eisenhower Memorial Fight
Eisenhower Memorial Loses Two Tapestries, Gains Cautious Support Architectural Record, Sept. 5, 2014 At its monthly meeting on September 4, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) heard an update on Frank Gehry’s embattled design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. Craig Webb of Gehry Partners presented a revised design with significant differences […]
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Leisure Fast and Slow
World of Leisure: North America — The East Dialogue 26 (Gensler), Fall 2014 Ask Gensler New York’s Beth Novitsky about leisure and she laughs. “Around here, it doesn’t exist.” Rob Gatzke agrees. “There’s that ‘New York minute’ thing going on—an expectation of speed.” Asked the same question, Colin O’Brien says that Atlanta “celebrates slow. You […]
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First Look: BIG Maze
First Look: BIG’s BIG Maze at the National Building Museum Architectural Record, July 7, 2014 The vast Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., is as tricky to program as it is impressive to behold. More than 300 feet long and several stories high, the Renaissance Revival hall is often rented out […]
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Review: Designing for Disaster
Architectural Record, May 13, 2014 In the weeks before the exhibition Designing for Disaster opened on May 11 at Washington, D.C.’s National Building Museum, a wildfire in Oklahoma forced 1,000 people to evacuate and tornadoes ripped through the South and Midwest, killing 34 people. In the U.S., the threat of natural disaster is always with […]
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Walmart Scales Down
Walmart Scales Down and Branches Out Fort Totten Square in Washington, D.C., designed by Hickok Cole Architects, is a sharp departure from the retailer’s usual formula. Architectural Record, April 2014 If you heard that urban redevelopment in some Washington, D.C., neighborhoods was being spurred by Walmart, you might think it was a joke: Walmart, with […]
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